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Western Carolinian Volume 61 Number 11 (13)

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  • November 30,1995 Western Carolinian 5 Features N.C. Shakespeare Festival Presents A Christmas Carol After completing its 19th Main Stage Season featuring A Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival returns to the stage for their annual production of Charles Dickens'A Christmas Carol Adapted and directed by NCSF Artistic Director Louis Rackoff, the production features original music by David Bishop. The show opens December 1 at the High Point Theatre and will continue through December 10, when The Festival takes the show on the road to Winston-Salem's Stevens Center and Greensboro's Carolina Theatre. Mark Lazar, whose performance as Bottom, the Weaver, captivated audiences in A Midsummer Night's Dream, has been cast as Ebenezer Scrooge. Joining him are Graham Smith as Bob Cratchit; Elizabeth Slaby as Anne Cratchit; Mark Kincaid as the Ghost of Jacob Marley; Allison Shanks as the Ghost of Christmas Past; Allan Hickle-Edwards as the Ghost of Christmas Present; Michael Kamtman as the Ghost of Christmas Future; John Haggerty as Fred (Scrooge's nephew); Tess Malis Kincaid as Sarah (Fred's wife); and Kevin R. Free as the teacher and chief mourner. Members of the greater Triad community have been cast in supporting roles. The 1995 production will introduce eight-year-old Tyler Craver of Lexington as Tiny Tim. His previous theatre experience includes the role of Harlan in the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem's October 1995 production of Life With Father. Craver is also a member of the Lamplighters Gospel Quartet, William Stevens of Winston-Salem and Pauline Cobrda of Greensboro have been cast as Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig. Tickets are now on sale at the High Point Ticket Center, Stevens Center and Carolina Theatre. Ticket prices range from $13 to $21, with group, student, family and senior discounts available. For more information or to order tickets, please call (910) 887-3001 between noon and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance. For group sales information, call (910) 841-2273. The 1995 production of A Christmas Carol is sponsored in part by WMAG-FM of High Point {Magic 99.5). Information contributed by the NC Shakespeare Festival i i Refeases Fiendish Coffecfion by Earle Wheeler Associate Editor Glenn Danzig's release of the Misfits Collection 2 has caused a lot of heat around Caroline records. When the Misfits broke up in 1983, their was very little affection between Glenn and the rest of the band. But since Glenn had penned all the band's songs, he retained the rights and released a collection of rarities and remixes (untitled, but usually referred to as Plan 9, after his record label) in '84. He went on to form Samhain and later Danzig, refusing to even acknowledge that the Misfits had ever existed for almost a decade. Earlier this year, "The Twins of Evil," Jerry Only and his younger brother Doyle, won a lawsuit against Glenn. They received their royalties and the right to call themselves the Misfits. Immediately, they began plans to release a box set for 1996, a set of four CD's in a coffin-shaped box (which they have contracted an unnamed toy company to design). Glenn threatened to sue if their Misfits collection came out before his Misfits collection... thus, on November 14, Danzig's Collection 2 was released. Wow. Punk seems so much more complicated than it used to be. Of course, Jerry hates Collection 2, and claims that some of the songs aren't even the Misfits. Caroline issued a damage control statement pleading for consumers to judge the tracks on their own merit. The CD has some tasty bits, like the first legitimate CD releases of "We Are 138," "Attitude," "Cough/Cool," "Last Caress," "Return of the Fly," "Children in Heat," "Rat Fink," and "Horror Hotel." The songs are warped, dusty, low-fi, and uneven... which is OK for the Misfits, and better than having a third-hand overpriced black market copy. Besides, the devil worshipping Elvis-y fury comes through loud and... clear enough. Unfortunately, "Halloween" and "Halloween 2," though true to their original single release, are practically unlistenable. The earlier/re-mixed versions of "Hate Breeders" and "Nike A Go Go" are also disappointing... it sounds like each instrument was played in a different time zone. The alternate versions of "Braineaters" and "Devils Whorehouse" are very well done, and serve as satisfactory companions to the originals. The most controversial song on the album is "Mephisto Waltz." Jerry thinks it's a Samhain song, and Caroline records say in defense that the Misfits have had so many different members that no one person in the band could be sure if they had or hadn't played any one three-minute one- take song twelve years ago. But it does sound like Samhain. The rest of the album is a bad flashback to the first collection... a slew of Earth AD songs: "We Bite," "Queen Wasp," "Demonomania," "Hellhound," and "Bloodfeast." Supposedly, these are alternate mixes, and that may be true if "minutely increased volume" constitutes a remix. Unless you're a black market merchant or you have the original vinyl singles ("Night of the Living Dead," "3 Hits From Hell," and "Halloween"), "Collection 2" can make a nice addition to your collection of overpriced legitimate "special" CDs. But if you're a little stingy with your paycheck (or just plain poor), you might want to listen to your rich friend's copy. The newly reformed Misfits will be recording an album of new material with Jerry Only, Doyle, CHUD (on drums), and Mike Graves (on vocals).
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